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Polly
Podolsky’s work is varied and
original—still lifes, landscapes, work
that expresses a mood—but most of all
she loves painting people.
"Whether I’m painting a live model or a
faded face on a 1920’s snapshot,” she
says, “there’s always a story behind the
eyes.”
Polly began her formal training at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
her home town. She worked for more than
a decade as a commercial artist, then
followed her passion for beautiful
things by starting an antiques business
which she ran for several years.
Eventually, of course, the desire to
create art took her back to her studies.
She enrolled at the Crealde School of
Arts, in Winter Park, Fl. studying
portrait painting with Helen Hickey and
attending numerous workshops with New
York painter Gregg Kreutz, where she
developed her passion for and deep
understanding of the use of light and
dramatic value contrast.
Polly has conducted painting workshops
and portrait demonstrations in Orlando
Florida and taught since 2002 at the Mt.
Dora Center for the Arts. She has
exhibited her art at major festivals,
winning awards and recognition in shows
including Winter Park Sidewalk Art
Festival and Disney’s Festival of the
Masters. She was a charter member of
Artworks Orlando Gallery and is
currently being represented by
Northlight Gallery in Kennebunkport
Maine. Some of her commissioned and
award winning artwork is owned by
Rollins College, the Orange County
(Florida) Court House as well as
notables such as John Walsh, Rich DeVos
and Bob Wesley. Her work is also in
private collections in Washington D.C.,
Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Iowa,
Texas, Virginia, California, Australia
and Germany. Polly’s distinctive and
vivid style has earned her a loyal
following and many commissions.
She works exclusively in oil, her
favorite medium, using a variety of
underpainting and glazing techniques,
and always pushing the light one more
time.
She recently moved to the San Francisco
Bay Area to reunite with the love of her
life and to find new art worlds to
conquer.
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Major Awards: Ocala Arts
Festival, Ocala Florida. Vero Beach Arts
Festival, Vero Beach Florida. Tarpon
Springs Art Fest, Tarpon Springs
Florida. Apopka Arts and Foliage Fest,
Apopka Florida. Art Harvest, Dunedin
Florida. Lake Mary/Heathrow Festival of
Art, Lake Mary Florida. "Company of
Women", Ridge Art Association, Winter
Haven Florida. Winter Park Sidewalk Art
Festival, Winter Park Autumn Art
Festival, Mount Dora Arts Festival,
Mount Dora Florida, and Maitland Art
Festival, Maitland Florida.
If you have any questions or comments
please feel free to email her anytime.
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